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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KONE CORPORATION, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 13/14 (2006.01); B66B 13/26 (2006.01); G01V 8/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 13/26 (2013.01); G01V 8/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an elevator, the status information of the receivers, and possibly also of the transmitters, of a light curtain of the elevator is transmitted from the control unit of the light curtain as a response to a query or as messages. The control system of the elevator car is configured to receive the responses or status information and to analyze i) the status information contained therein of at least one receiver the status information contained therein of at least one receiver and of at least one transmitter relating to it, for changing or adjusting the operating mode of the elevator or for giving a control command to the operating system of the elevator.